The son of Pride Fighting Championships talent Ryan Gracie may make his way to MMA someday.
Teddy Riner, a three-time Olympic judo gold medalist at heavyweight as well as a 10-time world champion, wanted to change things up in his training regiment, leaving his home country of France to do so. Heading down to Brazil, he joined up with the Brazilian national judo team to sharpen his own skills alongside Paulo Caruso – a black belt in both judo and BJJ – to coordinate a short but intense four-day jiu-jitsu training series.
Among those who joined in were the sons of fan-favorite Brazilian MMA fighters Ryan Gracie and Marcio Cruz: Rayron Gracie and Renan Cruz.